The most expensive country in the world to be a student has been revealed - but all is not as it seems

The UK has been named as the most expensive country in the world to be a student. The research, published in the OECD’s Education at a Glance report, suggests that Higher Education costs more in the UK than it does in the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Australia – as well as in every other country on the planet.The report revealed the average tuition fees paid by full time home students at public institutions in the academic year 2013 – 2014.The average tuition fee paid by UK students is $9,019, whilst in the US is it $8,202, Japan $5,152 and South Korea $4,773.The other countries identified as super-expensive for students were Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, The Netherlands and Italy.If you’re thinking the UK at number one doesn’t sound quite right, though, you’d be onto something.There is a caveat to the OECD’s report, as it only takes into account public institutions.Whilst the overwhelming majority of universities in the UK are classed as public, the United States has a large amount of private institutions – including notoriously expensive and highly performing Ivy Leagues, such as Yale, Harvard and Princeton – which are excluded from the findings.The findings are revealed on UCAS deadline day – the final day when prospective students can submit their university applications for the following autumn – which is a nice little bit of scaring for all those 17 year olds who don’t exactly dream of the post-university debt mountain they’ll soon be facing. Still, take heart – at least you won’t pay back your crazily expensive fees until you earn £21,000. Every cloud...Find out more about university tuition fees here.